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The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
DramaHistoryWarjapanbased on novel or bookresistanceriverworld war iiprisoner of warthailandbridgeburmapacific waraggressivebridge blowup
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, grave and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- intimateepic
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Cast
- William HoldenCmdr. Shears
- Alec GuinnessCol. Nicholson
- Jack HawkinsMaj. Warden
- Sessue HayakawaCol. Saito
- James DonaldMaj. Clipton
- Geoffrey HorneLt. Joyce
- André MorellCol. Green
- Peter WilliamsCapt. Reeves
- John BoxerMajor Hughes
- Percy HerbertGrogan
Crew
- David LeanDirector
- Carl ForemanScreenplay
- Michael WilsonScreenplay
- Pierre BoulleNovel
- Jack HildyardDirector of Photography
- Malcolm ArnoldOriginal Music Composer
- Peter TaylorEditor
- Sam SpiegelProducer
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